llampegadissa
Catalan
FWOTD – 26 March 2023
Etymology
By surface analysis, llampegat + -issa.
Pronunciation
Noun
llampegadissa f (plural llampegadisses)
- a series of lightning flashes
- 1946, Ramon Vinyes i Cluet, A la boca dels núvols:
- Rebenta de sobte un gran terrabastall de trons que ha estat precedit per una enlluernadora llampegadissa.
- A great crashing din of thunderclaps, which has been preceded by a dazzling series of lightning flashes, suddenly bursts forth.
Further reading
- “llampegadissa”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007